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Journal Article
Blockbuster Science: Checking our positions
Media has always played a significant role in shaping education. Visual cues and observable phenomena brought to life on screens or through vivid and engrossing sound effects make science accessible to people in ways that textbooks, journals and tech...
By Joy Barnes-Johnson
Blog Post
California Lawmakers Set to Consider Bill to Restrict Dissection in the Classroom
By NSTA Legislative Affairs & Advocacy Team
Blog Post
NSTA Joins Advocacy Efforts for FY 25 Federal Funding
By the NSTA Legislative Affairs Team
Journal Article
Empowering Student Action Through Climate Literacy Development
In light of the International Panel on Climate Change's findings, this article underscores the detrimental effects of climate misinformation in the U.S. and its role in impeding public understanding and action. Leveraging the power of education, an 8...
By Jocelyn Miller, Gina Childers, and Rebecca Hite
Blog Post
Congress Finalizes FY24 Funding; ESSER Funding; and State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024
By NSTA Legislative Affairs and Advocacy Team
Journal Article
This article explores a lesson on structure and function in an inclusive first grade classroom. The class is co-taught by a general and special education teacher. The lesson describes how the teachers co-teach through team teaching to plan for possib...
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Blog Post
By Ralph Forsht, Manager, Advocacy and Legislative Affairs
Journal Article
Scientific Literacy: Lives could depend on it!
Carl Sagan famously said “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology” (Sagan, 1990, p. 264). As demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic, all adults ne...
By Charlotte Moser
Journal Article
Student Self-Care in the Sciences
Instructor support is associated with various positive outcomes for students. Self-care (taking care of one’s physical, mental, and emotional health) has become a mainstream concept. Self-care may be one way for students to increase wellness, parti...
By Carly Yadon
Blog Post
By Ralph Forsht, Manager, Advocacy and Legislative Affairs
Blog Post
Addressing Teacher Shortages, Back to School, and Future of the Department of Education
By Ralph Forsht, Manager, Advocacy and Legislative Affairs